The new version has the ability to define subset templates to archive or view spooled files by defined category.

Systems management software provider, Halcyon Software Inc., has announced a major release of one of its key products —Spooled File Manager V9.0 for the IBM i platform. Spooled File Manager V9.0 is a comprehensive spooled file distribution and archiving tool that offers real-time spooled file monitoring, filtering, and fast retrieval of archived spooled files. It performs actions on spooled files without the need for program changes, such as automatically emailing the summary page of a report, or converting them into PDFs or HTML Web pages.

Enhancements

The capability of archiving files has been substantially enhanced so that archived spooled files can be retrieved in sub seconds. There are no limits to the number of spooled files that can be stored within an archived file.

The new version now has the capability of defining “Subset Templates.” These can be defined, for example, by department, type, user, or any combination so that spooled files or archived spooled files can be viewed according to defined categories.

New authorization features within the software give security administrators the ability to define by default, or individually permit, which subset templates members of staff can use thereby restricting the spooled files they can view at the user level.

Other changes have been made to the software to significantly improve performance by using smart caching techniques.

A further enhancement in the new version enables system administrators to use “report types” to identify spooled files and define the archive and retention periods.

Tom Skillman, Data Processing Manager of City of St. Louis Water Division said, "Spooled File Manager archives and compresses hundreds of thousands of spooled reports to immediately save me disk space, but gives me very flexible and powerful search tools to enable easy retrieval later."

John Dominic, VP of Sales at Halcyon Software, said, “Automated report distribution and archiving are extremely critical to our clients, some of whom are generating spooled files over one million pages long. We worked with clients to ensure that the new version has all the scalability they need and provides them with efficient authorization, reporting, and retrieval methods.”

Pricing and Availability

Spooled File Manager V9.0 is available immediately, either as a single utility or as part of Halcyon’s Level 3 or Level 4 monitoring software suites. Existing customers can upgrade to Spooled File Manager V9.0 free of charge. Product pricing is tiered and based on IBM processor groups. In addition, Halcyon says it has published a fair pricing policy so that if customers increase the Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) rating of their IBM hardware, they will not incur software upgrade fees, thus giving them long-term assurance of costs. For more information about Spooled File Manager visit: http://halcyonsoftware.com/sfm

About Halcyon Software

Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of monitoring critical business systems, core applications and processes. They help companies prevent business disruption, increase the efficiency of their IT services and save costs.  In most cases, Halcyon’s solutions increase IT efficiency by 30 – 40 percent, delivering significant savings and a rapid return on investment – often in less than six months.

Halcyon achieves this in three ways:

Monitoring: Halcyon’s monitoring software keeps a vigilant watch on the most critical IT systems and core applications on which business depends. IT administrators receive early warnings of any potential problems or ‘bottlenecks’ before they affect the organization.

Automating: Halcyon enables IT teams to set up ‘self–corrective actions’ to issues or problems to ensure that they never impact the business again.  IT teams can also automate regular tasks, checks or jobs which would normally be undertaken manually. This frees up valuable resources, saves costs and helps to eliminate human error. 

Reporting: Halcyon’s cloud-based reporting solution proves to management that the IT team is achieving the service levels demanded by the business or flags any issues so they can be quickly resolved. 

Halcyon’s products support IBM Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX, Linux and Windows. With regional offices in the United States, Australia and UK, Halcyon also has a network of partners and distributors supporting territories world-wide. For further information, please visit www.halcyonsoftware.com